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A man described as in his 20s was shot this morning in the city's Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side. The shooting happened about 5:45 a.m. on the 1300 block of West Farwell Avenue, said Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez. Early reports said the victim ran to a store on the 1400 block of West Pratt Avenue, but that was not confirmed by detectives. The man, who suffered a gunshot wound to his buttocks, was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was reported in good condition.

Firefighters snuffed a blaze that hit an African restaurant tonight in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the Far North Side, officials said. Nobody was injured in the blaze at Toham, 1422 W. Devon Ave., and the fire was limited to the restaurant on the first floor of a three-story building, fire officials on the scene said. Firefighters responded shortly after 10 p.m. and the fire was out by about 10:30 p.m., officials said. A bar, a barber shop and a hair salon are also in the building, but none of those businesses appeared to suffer damage.

A 9-year-old boy was shot late Friday near Ashland Avenue and Pratt Boulevard in the Rogers Park neighborhood. A 9-year-old boy was shot in the incident about 11:10 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Gabrielle Lesniak. The incident began when someone on a bike approached some people in the area, got off his bike, went closer to those on the street, and fired three shots, striking the boy, Lesniak said. The shooter then fled on foot, leaving the bike behind, Lesniak said.

Two 6-year-old girls were hurt this morning when they fell from the window of a building in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the Far North Side, Chicago police said. The incident happened shortly before 10 a.m. at Morse Avenue and Ashland Boulevard. The children fell from a window of a building that is located behind the United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W. Morse Ave. The children were taken to Children's Memorial Hospital with leg injuries, but their conditions weren't immediately available, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

A 49-year-old man is accused of strangling a woman in his Rogers Park apartment early this morning, Chicago police said this evening. William Caponegri (right), of the 6700 block of North Glenwood Avenue, was charged with first-degree murder and violating an order of protection against the victim, 52-year-old Karen Salino. Police did not specify the relationship between the two. At 12:27 a.m., Salino was found unresponsive in the Caponegri's residence, police said.

A body was pulled out of Lake Michigan this morning on the North Side, officials said. Chicago Fire Department officials were called to the lakefront near Sheridan Road and Pratt Avenue at about 11:05 a.m. about a person in the water, said Chicago Fire Department Spokesman Kevin MacGregor. The person was found dead at the scene, said MacGregor. Police are handling the investigation, officials said. The Cook County medical examiner's office said that the victim is an unknown male and was pronounced dead at 1:20 p.m. -- Staff report

A 71-year-old woman was struck and killed this afternoon by a snow plow a short distance from her Rogers Park home, authorities said. The driver received two citations in connection with the accident. The accident occurred at about 2:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Morse Avenue, Chicago police said. The victim was identified as Yuliya Polzikova of the 1200 block of West Morse Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. According to police, Polzikova was crossing the street on Morse when she was struck by a Chevrolet Silverado with an attached plow backing out from a private parking lot it was clearing.

Chicago police are seeking the public's help in finding the man who tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl while she was through the Rogers Park neighborhood on the Far North Side last week. About 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, the girl was crossing the alley in the 7400 block of North Greenview Avenue when a man driving a white pickup truck told her to get inside and he would drive her home, police said this morning in a community alert. The girl reported the incident to someonestanding nearby and the man fled, according to police.

A taxi driver and a passenger in the vehicle were hospitalized after the cab they were in was sideswiped this morning in the Rogers Park neighborhood by a car that fled the accident, officials said. The accident happened on the 6800 block of North Clark Street about 4 a.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. The vehicle, a Dodge Neon, was later found abandoned about a block from the crash, Mirabelli said. Police are searching for the driver, who fled on foot.